Welcome to the Festival Week August 3-7!

Welcome the Festival Week of Yiddish Summer Weimar 2021! You'll find great variety and many opportunities to participate in our daytime program, and an evening concert series presenting the most exciting Yiddish music in the world today. We hope to see you soon in Weimar!

Concerts

Tue, Aug 3, ’21   07:30 PM @Herderplatz (Weimar) | Admission: €20.00 / €10.00
YSW Wandering Stars Song Project A celebration of traditional and New Yiddish Song

Wed, Aug 4, ’21   7:30 PM @Herderplatz (Weimar) | Admission: €20.00 / €10.00
YSW Wandering Stars Traditional Klezmer & New Yiddish Music Projects
New worlds of almost-forgotten klezmer music

Thu, Aug 5, ’21   7:30 PM @Sommertheater am e-werk weimar (Weimar) | Admission: €20.00 / €10.00
Halva Cutting-edge original klezmer & Southeast European music

Fri, Aug 6, ’21   7:30 PM @Sommertheater am e-werk weimar (Weimar) | Admission: €20.00 / €10.00
Caravan Orchestra & Choir  Haifa <> Weimar

Sat, Aug 7, ’21   7:30 PM @Sommertheater am e-werk weimar (Weimar) | Admission: €20.00 / €10.00
The Klezmatics  Living Legends of Klezmer Music

Daily Schedule   Aug 3–7


09:00-09:45 AM @Green Laboratory, Ilmpark Weimar
A gut morgn  Informal social start of the day

10:00-11:00 AM @Green Laboratory, Ilmpark Weimar
900 Years of Jewish Life in Thuringia
  Jewish experience in Thuringia

11:30 AM-12:30 PM @Green Laboratory, Ilmpark Weimar
Lomir shpiln 
Guided, low-stress klezmer jam for all instrumentalists


01:00-02:00 @Grünes Labor, Ilmpark Weimar
Meet the Artist
  Candid interviews with YSW Artists

03:30-04:30 PM @Courtyard of the Volkshochschule Weimar
Lomir zingen 
Guided, low-stress Yiddish sing-along


05:00-06:15 PM @Courtyard of the Volkshochschule Weimar
The World of Kiselgof & Makonovetsky
  Online lecture series